Welcome to Breakpoint, a daily look, in an ever-changing culture through the lens of unchanging truth.

For the Colson Center, I'm John Stone Street.

Back on July 18th, British Conservative Party member Danny Kruger gave a beautiful and passionate speech before a British Parliament.

He called on England's leaders to remember where they'd come from, and he warned what lie ahead if they

don't. Britain's glory, he argued, is rooted in the riches of Christianity, and abandoning that

heritage is why the nation is now struggling. In a somewhat fitting development, Kruger spoke to a

mostly empty room. The speech has since gone viral, but few other MPs bothered to show up for

it live. It's difficult to

imagine a better analogy for our cultural moment than a faithful voice warning against looming

dangers and yet being widely ignored. Kruger's speech should be listened to in its entirety.

It's that good. After sharing the long history of Christianity in England, which dates back

over a thousand years to when the nation

first emerged from pagan Germanic tribes, he noted the unique bond between the Church of

England and the nation. The very room, he noted, where he was speaking, was once a chapel,

and the government still plays a role in leading the church. Now, Americans obviously differ on

the idea of a state church and with good reason.

But yeah, we ought to share Kruger's concern about losing our religion. Christianity is what

made the modern world. As historian Tom Holland has noted, our ideas about justice and love and

mercy and human rights certainly did not come from pagan idol worshippers. These ideas first came

from the ancient Hebrews who

handed them to the early church. They result now in their final form from the long meditation

on Christianity's divine truths. From the British context, those truths gave the world incredible

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